Szechuan Chicken Stir Fry Recipe
My Szechuan chicken recipe is loosely based on kung pao chicken and features a wonderfully spicy sauce that is zingy with Szechuan pepper!
Servings 2 Servings
Calories 673kcal
Ingredients
- 350 g Chicken Breast 12oz
- 75 g Cashew Nuts ½ Cup
- 4 Cloves Garlic
- 35 g Ginger 1 Thumb Sized Piece
- 1 tablespoon Dried Chilli Flakes
- ½ tablespoon Szechuan Peppercorns
- 3 Spring Onions
- 2 tablespoon Cooking Oil
For the Marinade
- 1 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
- ½ tablespoon Shaoxing wine
- 1½ teaspoon Cornflour
- 1 tablespoon Cold Water
For the Sauce
- 2 tablespoon Light Brown Sugar
- ½ teaspoon Cornflour
- 1 teaspoon Light Soy Sauce
- 1 teaspoon Dark Soy Sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chiangking Vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Water
- 1 teaspoon Sesame Oil
Instructions
- Slice the chicken breast in half lengthways and then into 5-6mm (¼") thick strips diagonally across the breast.
- Mix together the ingredients for the marinade and add the chicken, then allow this to sit whilst the remaining ingredients are prepared
- Finely slice the garlic as finely as you can.
- Peel and cut the ginger into batons as thinly as you can manage.
- Finely slice one of the spring onions into 2-3mm (⅛") thick rings, shred the other two as thinly as you can and place the shredded spring onion in a bowl of cold water.
- Toast the Szechuan peppercorns in a hot wok for 1-2 minutes and crush them in a pestle and mortar or spice grinder. If you want to refine the texture more, then pass it through a fine mesh sieve.
- Toast the cashew nuts in a hot wok and set aside.
- Mix together the ingredients for the sauce and set aside.
- Get the wok almost smoking on a high heat and add the oil. Immediately add the garlic and ginger and stir fry for 30 seconds.
- Add the chicken and marinade followed by the chilli flakes and Szechuan pepper and stir fry for 3-4 minutes.
- Pour in the sauce, followed by the sliced spring onions and cashew nuts. Stir fry for a final 2-3 minutes.
- Drain the shredded spring onions and serve on top of the stir fry.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 673kcal | Carbohydrates: 38g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 39g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 30g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 1220mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 16g
